Leonie Antonia Beck (born 27 May 1997) is a German

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the

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. At the

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, held in

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with open water swimming at Ostia in August, Beck won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 2:01:13.4."EP plivanje: Talijan Acerenza i Njemica Beck najbolji na 10km"
(in Croatian). ''

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''. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022."Freiwasser: Gold für Leonie Beck über 10 Kilometer"
(in German). ''

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''. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022."EM-Gold für Leonie Beck: „Das lief mal gut, es hat Spaß gemacht“"
(in German). ''

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''. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022. As part of the 2023 FINA Open Water Tour, Beck first won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim at the first leg, in

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in early May, with a time of 2:04:05.60 before following up with a gold medal victory also in the 10 kilometre swim on 20 May at the second leg, held in

Golfo Aranci Golfo Aranci (Gallurese: ''Figari'', sc, Figari) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Olbia. History The town's name ("Gulf of the Ora ...

, Italy, with a time of 1:56:17.40."Open Water World Cup 2023. Somabay (Meet 1). Vincono I tedeschi Leonie Beck e Florian Wellbrock"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.Tiseo, Giandomenico (20 May 2023)
"Nuoto di fondo, Ginevra Teddeucci e Giulia Gabbrielleschi sul podio nella 10 km a Golfo Aranci. Beck vittoriosa"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

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* 1997 births Living people German female swimmers German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Augsburg European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming German female long-distance swimmers 21st-century German women {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub